,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccfg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bi1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,boustany 7for himself and ,mr4    
,bera of ,california7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on ,energy
 and ,commerce1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend section #ijaj of   
the ,patient ,protection and ,affordable
 ,care ,act to delay the application of 
the health insurance provider annual fee
 until #bjaf and to provide a process to
 return to consumers any amounts        
attributable to the expected application
 of the annual fee to #bjad or #bjae4   
#a4 ,health insurance provider annual   
fee delayed until #bjaf  7a7 ,in general
 ,section #ijaj of the ,patient         
,protection and ,affordable ,care ,act  

is amended--  7#a7 in subsection        
7a77#a71 by striking #bjac and inserting
 #bjae2  7#b7 in subsection 7e77#a71 by 
striking the entries in the table       
relating to #bjad and to #bjae2 and     
7#c7 in subsection 7j71 by striking     
#bjac and inserting #bjae4  7b7         
,effective date ,except as provided in  
subsection 7c71 the amendments made by  
subsection 7a7 shall take effect as if  
included in section #ijaj of the        
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act4  7c7 ,return to consumers of
 amounts attributable to expected       
application of annual fee to #bjad and  
#bjae ,notwithstanding any other        
provision of law1 the ,secretary of the 
,treasury1 in consultation with the     
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services1 shall issue guidance         
directing covered entities 7as defined  
for purposes of section #ijaj of the    
,patient ,protection and ,affordable    
,care ,act7 to return any amounts       
collected from consumers or other       

sources that were attributed in ,state  
filings or otherwise to the annual fee  
which 7as in effect prior to the        
enactment of this ,act7 was scheduled to
 be imposed on such entities under such 
section for #bjad and #bjae4 ,if the    
,secretary of the ,treasury1 in         
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,health and ,human ,services1 determines
 that any such entity has failed to     
comply with such guidance and such      
entity does not promptly cure such      
failure upon notice from the ,secretary 
of the ,treasury1 the amendments made by
 this section shall not apply with      
respect to such entity4